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IF tabane was part of PT then that'd be a gigantic twist in the story, shes portrayed a little bit weird but no where im gonna take over the world, and if she were then why'd she give Houki her IS which is compatible with bykaushiki?

Well Tabane seems like a person who isnt royal to anything or anyone. It is said that the only people she cares about is Houki, Chifuyu and Ichika. It wont be weird if she sides with PT so she could use them for her benefits. The government is after her so they could get information from her, so it wont be weird if she does thing to corrupt them. Even Chifyu acted like she couldnt trust Tabane in volume 3 so Tabane is a total mystery.

Well Tabane seems like a person who isnt royal to anything or anyone. It is said that the only people she cares about is Houki, Chifuyu and Ichika. It wont be weird if she sides with PT so she could use them for her benefits. The government is after her so they could get information from her, so it wont be weird if she does thing to corrupt them. Even Chifyu acted like she couldnt trust Tabane in volume 3 so Tabane is a total mystery.

true but why make life harder for yourself? esp if ichika is in the way of PT

The story continued where it left off last time in vol 6. Ichika was shot, but Laura manage to shield him using her IS AIC ability. Laura was there because she stalked him to find some time alone with Ichika. Anyway, Madoka manage to run away by creating a diversion through throwing Laura's own knife to herself.

The scene change to the next day, where Ichika is having dinner with his harem as usual. The other harem beside Ichika is very surprised knowing Ichika get attacked by Silent Zephyr's pilot, but Ichika doesn't tell the other about Madoka's name. Cecilia once again make use of her wound to get Ichika to fed her by ordering a dish that has to be eaten using chopsticks. Of course, the other harem make some noise, and Chifuyu is angry at them. One interesting happened for Chifuyu end shipper, Chifuyu seems worried seeing Ichika always hang out with the same girls(his harem) and Yamada-sensei seems to notice this and make a comment to Chifuyu. Of course Chifuyu indirectly deny this by asking Yamada-sensei to a combat practice(in other word, if she keep mentioning it, Chifuyu gonna beat Yamada-sensei to a pulp during the practice :P)

After dinner, all his harem followed him to his room since they're worried he's going to get attacked again. Harem antics happen as usual, this time Charlotte get the good mood with Ichika. After they leave, this time Sarashiki onee-chan come to the room. Ichika tried to resist her entering his room, but onee-chan just cut through the door using the water blade. Onee-chan teased Ichika first of course, but then she make a request to Ichika in the end, to make a group pair with her imouto, Kanzashi, without telling imouto that it's a request from onee-chan.

Now we're introduced to her imouto Kanzashi, which seems to be a gloomy person. Imouto-san is Japanese representative candidate, but she hasn't got her personal IS since the lab that's supposed to develop imouto-san's personal IS happened to be the same lab that developed Byaku-shiki, which means the reason she hasn't got her personal IS is partly Ichika's fault(according to onee-chan's logic :P). We also found out that onee-chan and imouto-san doesn't get along well, and onee-chan become strangely reserved when talking about her. Ichika cured onee-chan's reservedness by giving a massage. After hearing that Ichika agreed to take her request, she left and Ichika is left with fixing the door.

Scene change to Madoka. Squall scold her for acting on her own by confronting Ichika. We found out that Madoka's real target is not Ichika, but Chifuyu, but when Squall make fun of Chifuyu by saying that Chifuyu is weak since she doesn't have IS currently, Madoka throws her knife to Squall. Squall also told Madoka to try being prudent till the next mission which will be some time later. In the end, we also see that Madoka hate Chifuyu enough to feel pleasant when hurting her face, which is the same as Chifuyu(foreshadowing on their relation IMO).

Scene change to the school again, this time the news club president, Mayazumi Kaoruko-senpai, ask Ichika and Houki to have an exclusive interview and photo shoot session with her older sister who works as a reporter in an IS related magazine. Houki and Ichika reject the request at first, but Houki has a change of mind after Kaoruko-senpai told them that as a reward for the interview, they will get a free dinner ticket at a high-class restaurant, of course a pair dinner at that. Since this is Houki and Ichika's first time to a photo shoot(although Cecilia already showed Ichika her modeling photo wearing a frilly dress), they were a little nervous. Rin butt in and said she'll show her photo when she do a photo shoot(if you read my vol 6's translation, a representative candidate is kinda like an idol, they're usually get asked to become a model or for a photo shoot). Ichika reject at first since he thought Rin will only wear strange clothes at the photo shoot, but Rin force him to look at her photo and he find out that she looks quite nice with a casual clothes. Of course, Rin get too absorbed showing Ichika her photo and doesn't here the bell ringing, which get her a smack from Chifuyu.

Next scene, Ichika get lent to Kendou-club next, and a lot of members come to the club activity even though they usually attend the club activity. Of course, they try to request for an Ichika-massage, but Ichika reject the request. The other club member find out about the pair dinner that Ichika and Houki get and tease Houki about it.

Spoiler for vol 7 chapter 1 summary continued:

We have our heroine trying to invite Ichika to form a pair team with them. First is Charl. She tried to invite indirectly by inviting him for lunch first, but Ichika just bluntly reject her by saying he has prior engagement. Before Charl can press further, the other girl inside the class led by Nohohon-san(anime watcher might remember her as the girl with long sleeve that cover even the palm of her hand) take Charl away for lunch with them instead since she rarely have lunch with other people beside Ichika and his harem group.

Next is Rin. She confront him on his way to class 4 and directly ask him to form a pair with her. Of course he reject it and said he already promised someone else. At first Rin thought the one he's pairing with is Charlotte, and she force Ichika to tell her who is the one he promised to be his tag partner with so she can force Ichika's partner to change partner with her. Of course, Ichika ran away.

Ichika finally reach class 4 and found imouto-san playing with the hologram projector inside the class. It seems the other class member don't like imouto-san since she's been skipping school from the start and they think the reason imouto-san become a representative candidate and personal IS user is only because of her great onee-chan. So Ichika approached her and ask her to be his partner for the match, which she bluntly reject. Before he can persuade her further by saying that everyone else already have partner, Rin arrived and take Ichika to her class instead. It seems she already make a lunch for Ichika. Ichika refuse eating the lunch at first since he already half-eat the yakisoba bread he bought earlier, but Rin force him by eating his half eaten yakisoba bread instead(while aiming for the indirect kiss :P). After finishing the lunch, Rin once again force him to pair up with her. Of course Ichika refuse again, and he run away to his own class before Rin manage to challenge him into a duel to decide if he will pair up with Rin or not.

Back to his class, this time it's Laura's turn to invite him for a pair. Ichika refused her too, and she partially deployed her IS to attack Ichika. Chifuyu stepped in and stop Laura before she make a mess. When Laura said to Chifuyu that this is a husband-wife quarrel, Chifuyu pull the final weapon on Laura by saying that she doesn't want a sister in law that doesn't know manner like Laura. This make Laura dispirited so much that she can't even return to her chair, so Chifuyu tell Ichika to carry Laura back, which he does by princess-embracing Laura, even with cheering from the other girls inside the class.

Next scene is training between Houki and Ichika. Since Houki can activate Kenran Butou at will right now, she has the upper hand against Ichika. The training ends with Houki's win. Houki thought it's decided that Ichika will pair up with her since she won the match against him(even though she hasn't brought up that topic even once). She met with Cecilia in the dressing room, and it turn out Cecilia has the same thought as Houki(that Ichika will pair up with her even though Cecilia never brought up the topic even once). They both think in their heart that they've got the upper hand in the race for Ichika's heart this time.

Later that night, Houki and Cecilia tried to confirm the pairing matter with Ichika in his room, but Ichika also tell them that he already pair up with someone else. They get violent of course and partly deploy their IS to attack Ichika, but suddenly Chifuyu blow up the door of Ichika's room to stop the 2 of them. Of course, she also punish them by having them running laps in their IS form. Of course they can't fly using their IS, and they can't use any help from the IS' assistance program, so everything in manual. She also scold Ichika for always making fuss every time and tell him to decide which girl she want to stop the fuss.

There's also a small part about how Houki and Cecilia look at each other as rival, but that marks the end of chapter 1

Spoiler for chapter 2 part 1:

Scene opened with imouto-san setting up her IS in maintenance room. She tried to outfit her IS alone instead of asking someone specialized in this. Just as she finished up because she stumbled on something and about to go back to watch some anime, Ichika already wait for her outside and bring a drink for her. He once again ask her to be his partner. Imouto-san asked Ichika why he wants her to be his partner, in which Ichika respond(of course a lie, because he can't tell imouto-san that onee-chan ask him to do it) that he want to see her IS. He got slapped for it and left dumbfounded.

After Ichika returned to his room, he starts to think why imouto-san is mad with him. He thinks that it's because her IS is not completed yet. He then open the academy introduction pamphlet, and we as the reader get told that 2nd and 3rd year can choose specialization class between "Development", "Research", or "Outfitting". For the tournament, everyone can ask for help from the senpais by making a team to help adjust their IS.

Just as he was thinking about that matter, Sarashiki onee-chan visits him again. She bring a cream puff with her as a treat for Ichika. When she sees Ichika holding the pamphlet, she asks if Ichika wants to ask for maintenance help. Ichika said that he actually think about asking for help for imouto-san. Onee-chan said imouto-san probably doesn't want help, because onee-chan also outfit her IS herself, although Tatenashi said that she only able to do it because it was done more than 70% in the first place. She also added that she asked for Kaoruko's and Utsuho's opinion who respectively is 2nd year Maintenance class ace and 3rd year Maintenance class president. Onee-chan then ask how's Ichika progress with imouto-san, which he responds by saying that he got slapped. She teased Ichika by saying maybe he got slapped because he do something ecchi to imouto-san, which of course Ichika denied. She then asked that girls is weak to an aggressive boy. She then left him with that advice, of course not with the final tease. The puff cream earlier was filled with mustard instead of custard.

Next scene turns to imouto-san. It seems the reason she slapped Ichika wasn't because she's mad at him, but because she's not used to being treated nicely. And we found out imouto-san already start falling for Ichika.

Next is the photo shoot time for Ichika and Houki. At first, she's still mad at him about the pairing things, but after Ichika praise her clothes, she starts to go dere on him. When Ichika said that today is cold and suggest to go to a coffee shop on the way, Houki tells him that she will let him hold her hand instead if he feels cold.

They finally meet with Sakurako's sister, Mayuzumi Nagisako. The interview start and the first question asked toward Ichika is what's his thought about being the only boy in a girls school. Ichika answered that with "the number of toilet she can use is little so it's troubling". Nagisako said that Ichika really is "Harem king who has no interest in woman" just like her sister said. Next is Houki's turn. When she's asked bout her sister, Houki's a little upset, but with the reward of pair dinner in front of her, Houki reluctantly answer the question. The interview continued with several more question such as who's stronger between them(Houki quickly answer she is) and even friendly topic such as Tatenashi. The interview is then over and they have to change their clothes for the photo shoot.

Well, that's all for today. Sorry for only continuing a little. Will continue more tomorrow. For people only waiting for the summary, sorry for the long post *bows*

Time to continue with summary.

Spoiler for vol 7 chapter 2 continued:

Continuing from last time, Houki has to change her clothes for the photo shoot. She's flustered because of Ichika's word during the interview that Ichika will protect everyone(which in Houki's ear turns into "I will protect Houki"). For the photo shoot, she has to wear frilly dress while Ichika wear a casual suit. Houki made a promise with herself that she will treat Ichika for dinner outside the school if he praises her clothes, which of course he does. The photo shoot then start.

At first, they awkwardly sit apart from each other, but Nagisako order them to sit closer. When Nagisako still feels it's not good enough even though they already sit next to each other, Nagisako order Ichika to put his hand on Houki's hip, and she also order Houki to entwine her arm at Ichika's. When they look at each other before doing the order, Ichika is entranced by Houki's eyes(this scene is already translated by justpassingby), and it seems the entranced Houki and Ichika is good enough for the photo even without arm entwining. And with that, the photo shoot is over, and they can bring home the clothes they use for the photo shooting.

On the way home, Houki invites Ichika for dinner. At first, she invites him into a popular restaurant for couple that she knows from a magazine that her roommate reads. Too bad, the restaurant is full. When Houki's unable to think about another place to go for dinner, Ichika come out with an idea, which turns out to be Ran and Dan's home which is a cafetaria. Of course, everyone there think Houki is Ichika's girlfriend(which of course Ichika denies) including Ran. She got heartbroken because she thinks Ichika already go out with Houki and run out of the house crying. After getting several beating from Dan's and Ran's grandpa for making Ran cry(even though it's mostly the grandpa fault that Ran misunderstood), Ichika run after Ran.

After he found Ran, Ran brave herself to invite him into her school's school festival. Ichika first hesitated because the festival is on the same day as the pair dinner with Houki, but in the end he accept it. This make Ran very happy because in her heart, they're on a date during the school festival(she even already planned to go around the festival with Ichika with their hands entwined). After that, Ichika take Ran back to her home.

With this, 2nd chapter is finished. The content seems less than usual, because most of it is harem antic, which could be summarized in just 1 or 2 sentences. Anyway, will continue with 3rd chapter tomorrow.

Continuing from last time, Houki has to change her clothes for the photo shoot. She's flustered because of Ichika's word during the interview that Ichika will protect everyone(which in Houki's ear turns into "I will protect Houki"). For the photo shoot, she has to wear frilly dress while Ichika wear a casual suit. Houki made a promise with herself that she will treat Ichika for dinner outside the school if he praises her clothes, which of course he does. The photo shoot then start.

At first, they awkwardly sit apart from each other, but Nagisako order them to sit closer. When Nagisako still feels it's not good enough even though they already sit next to each other, Nagisako order Ichika to put his hand on Houki's hip, and she also order Houki to entwine her arm at Ichika's. When they look at each other before doing the order, Ichika is entranced by Houki's eyes(this scene is already translated by justpassingby), and it seems the entranced Houki and Ichika is good enough for the photo even without arm entwining. And with that, the photo shoot is over, and they can bring home the clothes they use for the photo shooting.

On the way home, Houki invites Ichika for dinner. At first, she invites him into a popular restaurant for couple that she knows from a magazine that her roommate reads. Too bad, the restaurant is full. When Houki's unable to think about another place to go for dinner, Ichika come out with an idea, which turns out to be Ran and Dan's home which is a cafetaria. Of course, everyone there think Houki is Ichika's girlfriend(which of course Ichika denies) including Ran. She got heartbroken because she thinks Ichika already go out with Houki and run out of the house crying. After getting several beating from Dan's and Ran's grandpa for making Ran cry(even though it's mostly the grandpa fault that Ran misunderstood), Ichika run after Ran.

After he found Ran, Ran brave herself to invite him into her school's school festival. Ichika first hesitated because the festival is on the same day as the pair dinner with Houki, but in the end he accept it. This make Ran very happy because in her heart, they're on a date during the school festival(she even already planned to go around the festival with Ichika with their hands entwined). After that, Ichika take Ran back to her home.

With this, 2nd chapter is finished. The content seems less than usual, because most of it is harem antic, which could be summarized in just 1 or 2 sentences. Anyway, will continue with 3rd chapter tomorrow.

Well he'll get a hiding from houki and now balances out the harem race.. somewhat

When Ichika said that today is cold and suggest to go to a coffee shop on the way, Houki tells him that she will let him hold her hand instead if he feels cold.

I've pulled that one before... hey, New York doesn't get any warmer until late-April! I still think coffee > holding hands though.

Spoiler for Vol7 - Houki Thoughts:

I'm not so concerned about the aptitude thing as I'm wondering why it's Houki development time again. Another harem development cycle that will move to another girl next? A new plot thread? Or they do have to develop her now because she's going away soon (captured, unable with her own power etc...)

Hmmm..... imouto-san's IS, Uchigane Nishiki, has 6 boxes of missiles as a weapon. Each boxes contains 8 missiles(IIRC, I'm not sure about the number). The multi-lock-on system enables the pilot of Uchigane Nishiki to control which target each missiles gonna lock-on to instead of just using the whole 6 boxes of missiles to lock on a target.

Hmmm..... imouto-san's IS, Uchigane Nishiki, has 6 boxes of missiles as a weapon. Each boxes contains 8 missiles(IIRC, I'm not sure about the number). The multi-lock-on system enables the pilot of Uchigane Nishiki to control which target each missiles gonna lock-on to instead of just using the whole 6 boxes of missiles to lock on a target.

interesting

but i do remember hearing (reading) somewhere that she didn't have a personal IS

no, she has one. It's just not completed yet since the company responsible for developing her IS happens to be the one responsible for byaku-shiki too. Her personal IS is still full of fault, even the multi-lock-on function is not fully functioning yet. In vol 7, she has to do the targeting manually.

Then, you are saying that the IS that was plantd by Tabane in the Entry Exam where the whole mess began, also had the White Knight Core?

Spoiler for about Houki:

Houki is showing her "true" potential.........so far, because of her mental restrictions (bad relationship with Tabane, self-hating because of her indiscriminated use of violence, etc), sh could only do so good as a C class. But slowly, she has been getting rid of those issues, and is finally showing what she has got...............unfortunately, I think that Ichika doesn't fall in the same problem............In other words, he hs to improve through hard work only, and also, by "connecting" more with his IS, so as ti learn how to not WASTE what he's got.........I mean, come on, if using the fold out/ one off all the time consumes your shield all the time, then fight using the solid sword, and in "specific and calculated" strikes, unleash the one - off, you damn moronic........you know what I mean

I'm suggesting the IS Ichika used in the exam is rigged by Tabane so he can use it, but it takes effort and Tabane stated trying to do that all the time is a hassle. Byakushiki on the other hand is calibrated for Ichika so even without Tabane actively manipulating the IS it can still work for Ichika.

I'm suggesting the IS Ichika used in the exam is rigged by Tabane so he can use it, but it takes effort and Tabane stated trying to do that all the time is a hassle. Byakushiki on the other hand is calibrated for Ichika so even without Tabane actively manipulating the IS it can still work for Ichika.

Note: the above is speculation, not a spoiler.

yea byakushiki is 001 core which tabane put all her effort into so probably why